Manager Income & Franchise Tax

**POSITION TITLE:** Manager, Income & Franchise Tax (M2) For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work. **ABOUT THE ROLE** The Manager, Income & Franchise Tax serves a key role in the preparation and review of the Company's federal, state, local, and international tax compliance, tax accounting, REIT qualification testing, tax planning initiatives, and income tax audits. The position assists in developing income tax strategy including process improvements and automation and will partner closely with Accounting, Finance, Legal, Internal Audit, and external advisors to ensure compliance with all applicable tax laws while supporting the strategic objectives of the Company. The successful candidate will possess strong technical tax expertise, tax compliance and tax accounting experience, awareness of REIT taxation, and the ability to meet recurring tax deadlines while advancing special projects. **WHAT YOU WILL DO** - Manage the preparation and review of federal, state, and local income tax returns, franchise tax returns, gross receipts tax filings, and related work papers. - Oversee quarterly estimated tax payments and extension calculations. - Complete quarterly and annual REIT qualification testing, including income, asset, and distribution requirements. - Assist with analyzing and documenting significant transactions for REIT compliance purposes. - Actively participate in the quarterly and annual ASC 740 income tax provision process including current and deferred tax calculations, uncertain tax positions, valuation allowances, and effective tax rate analyses. - Support preparation of SEC disclosures, including Forms 10-Q and 10-K. - Coordinate internal controls and SOX compliance activities relating to income taxes. - Ensure accurate tax account reconciliations and documentation standards. - Research complex tax issues and prepare technical memoranda documenting conclusions. - Manage responses to tax notices and information requests from taxing authorities. - Identify opportunities to reduce tax risk and improve tax efficiency. - Support mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures, and other strategic transactions. - Monitor changes in federal, state, and local tax laws and evaluate the impact on the Company. - Advance automation initiatives and technology solutions to improve efficiency and controls. - Clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders. - Ability to earn the trust of stakeholders and interact with others while exhibiting high levels of the Crown Castle values. - Promote continuous process improvement and best practices across the tax function. **WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED** **Education Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, tax or related **Experience Qualifications** - Five (5) or more years of tax and accounting experience with an emphasis in income tax or related tax experience - CPA certification preferred, but not required **Expectations** - Well-developed knowledge of federal and state income tax rules as well as experience with ASC 740 income tax accounting and public company SEC reporting - REIT experience is preferred - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Outstanding Excel skills and experience with data management and ERP systems - Prior staff supervision experience preferred **Organizational Relationship** **Reports to:** Director – Income & Franchise Tax **Title(s) of direct reports:** Tax Accountant **Where You Will Work** This role falls into our hybrid work model working in the office on Monday th…